Going for a Walk GOING for a walk is becoming a hazardous chore It begins the moment I set foot out of the door Children on scooters,senior citizens too Then of course all that dog poo Lycra clad cyclists hurtling by Low hanging branches that poke in my eye Runners and joggers I have to avoid If I don't jump out of their way they get really annoyed Then there are the texters, oblivious to all I even saw one who walked into a wall Yes going for a walk is now a real pain Please can we have a pedestrian lane?

The group's members, in fact, will refuse to set foot in any of the affected parks "out of fear for their personal safety from those who will now be permitted to carry loaded and concealed weapons in such areas.

The next time you moan about your job, spare a thought for the men featured in this intriguing documentary series, who risk life and limb every time they set foot in their trucks and begin their arduous journeys across the frozen lakes in Canada's Northwest Territories.

A first novel, The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney (above), has scooped the Costa Book of the Year award even though its author had never set foot in Canada, where her book is set, because she suffered from agoraphobia.

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